Quotes about Progress
The mission of men there seems to be, like so many busy demons, to drive the forest all out of the country, from every solitary beaver swamp and mountain-side, as soon as possible.
— Henry David Thoreau
They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Education will not come of itself; it will never come unless you seek it; it will not come unless you take the first steps which lead to it; but, taking these steps, every man can acquire it.
— Henry Ward Beecher
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.
— Herbert Hoover
It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.
— Mark Cuban
Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
— Bill Gates
A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.
— Barack Obama
True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
A beautiful life does not just happen; it is built.
— TB Joshua
Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.
— Zig Ziglar